Terry D EA Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Complete all required CEU's last month through APlusCPE. As of this morning, the status shows that my completion credits have not been sent to the IRS. I contacted APlusCPE and they said the IRS has taken that portion of their services down for maintenance or something like that. They keep contacting the IRS and get the brush off. Has anyone else experienced this and what to do with the situation. Call the IRS???? The IRS webpage shows everything from last year but not the current year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytax Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 This has been an ongoing thing since I believe October. IRS is "updating" service. NO CE's have been accepted by them from CE vendors - not just specific ones, but all it appears. It is just a matter of waiting as from information --- even if sent in by ourselves, records will not be updated soon. Leaves one to wonder if this will affect programs such as ASFP (supposedly needing completed by year end) or any other IRS requirements. Sorry not to know m ore but it has been, nothing new. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windmill Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Terry D, same thing happened to me. Call CEU vendor and got the same answer as you, i.e. IRS updating their systems. Told not to worry yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 CEs not able to be accepted by IRS into their reporting system as stated above. I was able to renew my EA and my PTIN without. Don't know about AFSP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 A colleague just posted "I was able to renew the AFSC as part of the PTIN renewal. Incidentally, the CE system just reopened, so credits should appear soon." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 I have all my dated certificates (some just as pdf's) so if there is any question later I can prove CPE credits. So I'm not going to worry about the IRS systems. We were warned at some seminar or other that it was going to be a case of playing catch-up for them. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmabee Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 they have a new provider of the website service for posting CE hours and getting CE numbers for classes. Website went down September 19th and we have been waiting for the new provider to get their website up and running. it was originally supposed to be 1 week and as you see we are going into month 3. I am in charge of my State association of posting all hours to the website for IRS. We have such a back log. IRS has given us two dates of when it will back up. Now they just say we will email you when it available. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Just keep all your documents. Problem solved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 It was open as of 16 December 2016 for NY/CT-ATP to start posting September through December CEs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 During my renewal process about three years ago, I did everything I had to do with my EA requirements. I sent my form to the IRS and about three months later, I got a letter stating that if I wanted to continue enrolled, I had to proved that I had my CPE credits. I went to AplusCPE website and printed all my certificates and attached them to the IRS form and issue was solved. So, I guess the IRS still needs you to send them those certificates even though the vendor correctly reported to IRS that I had passed their exams. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 29 minutes ago, Pacun said: I went to AplusCPE website and printed all my certificates and attached them to the IRS form and issue was solved. I tell clients that the piece of paper I regret is the one that I do NOT have. Sometimes today, though, those papers are saved in PDF format rather than on actual paper. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 2 hours ago, Pacun said: During my renewal process about three years ago, I did everything I had to do with my EA requirements. I sent my form to the IRS and about three months later, I got a letter stating that if I wanted to continue enrolled, I had to proved that I had my CPE credits. I went to AplusCPE website and printed all my certificates and attached them to the IRS form and issue was solved. So, I guess the IRS still needs you to send them those certificates even though the vendor correctly reported to IRS that I had passed their exams. I renewed last fall and did not have to do anything except mark the box that I had sufficient CPE credits. I renewed online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry D EA Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Apparently, the IRS site is backup. All of my credits have been sent to the IRS as of 12/23. Just thought others would like to know to follow-up on the status of their CEU's 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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